Selected Grants
Awarded - December 2003
TCWF's Board of Directors approved the following grants in support of the
Foundation's mission of improving the health of the people of California
and to further its four goals: addressing the health needs of underserved
communities, supporting and strengthening nonprofit organizations,
recognizing and encouraging leaders, and informing the development of public
policies. For current application guidelines, please see the preceding How
To Apply pages.
ACCESS, INC.
San Diego, CA
$115,000 over two years
To develop mental health services for participants in the Youth Empowerment
Services program in the San Diego area.
ALAMEDA HEALTH CONSORTIUM
Alameda, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the consortium’s infrastructure and
sustain the provision of primary and preventive health services by member
clinics.
ALLIANCE FOR RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH
Ukiah, CA
$100,000 over three years
To provide educational scholarships to people of color who are community members
and employees at member community health centers in Mendocino and Lake Counties.
ALLIANCE MEDICAL CENTER
Healdsburg, CA
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the
provision of preventive health care services to
Latino farmworkers and their families in rural
northern Sonoma County.
ALTERNATIVE FAMILY SERVICES, INC.
Petaluma, CA
$50,000 over one year
For core operating support to enhance
organizational capacity to improve mental
health service delivery for program participants
in the foster care system in the San Francisco
Bay Area.
ALZHEIMERS SERVICES OF THE EAST BAY,
INCORPORATED/ADULT DAY SERVICES
NETWORK OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
Oakland, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen capacity
to provide quality adult day services, assistance
to caregivers and advocacy for increased access
to integrated long-term care services.
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF AREA
AGENCIES ON AGING
Sacramento, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain
coordination of the InfoVan program, a statewide
information and education program that provides
seniors and caregivers with access to home
and community-based healthy aging services.
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR YOUTH
Sacramento, CA
$300,000 over one year
For support for the continued operation of the
California Youth Crisis Line, a statewide hotline
serving homeless, runaway and other at-risk
youth.
THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SAFETY-NET
INSTITUTE/CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen
capacity to educate policymakers and opinion
leaders about the importance of maintaining a
strong public health care safety net.
CALIFORNIANS TOGETHER/COMMUNITY
ACCESS GROUP
Long Beach, CA
$110,000 over one year
To coordinate a convening of grantees working
in the issue of environmental health to promote
networking and best practices.
CASA FAMILIAR, INC.
San Ysidro, CA
$100,000 over two years
For core operating support to sustain the
provision of access to technology training
programs for low-income youth and residents
in San Ysidro as a health promotion strategy.
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Riverside, CA
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen
efforts to improve the environmental health
of residents in Riverside and San Bernardino
Counties.
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ADVOCACY
Salinas, CA
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the
provision of the Promotores de Salud program,
a health education and leadership training
program for farmworker families in Santa Cruz
and Monterey Counties.
CENTER FOR HEALTH IMPROVEMENT INC.
Sacramento, CA
$215,000 over two years
For policy research, analysis and public education
to promote safe and effective medication
use among Californians 65 and older.
CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES
Modesto, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to
sustain the provision of the Community
Counseling program serving uninsured individuals
and families throughout Stanislaus County.
CENTER FOR POSITIVE PREVENTION
ALTERNATIVES, INC.
Stockton, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision
of youth violence prevention programming.
CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
AND SCIENCE
Los Angeles, CA
$110,000 over three years
For core operating support to increase the
number of minority students prepared to enter
the health professions in Los Angeles County.
CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
AND SCIENCE/CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY
OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE, COLLEGE OF
ALLIED HEALTH
Los Angeles, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to prepare
disadvantaged community college students in
Los Angeles for careers in allied health.
CHILD ADVOCATES OF SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY
San Bernardino, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the
provision of mentoring and advocacy services
to abused and neglected youth in San
Bernardino County.
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES/
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES,
DIVISION OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE
Los Angeles, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of primary and
preventive health services to underserved and uninsured at-risk youth in Los
Angeles.
CLINICAS DE SALUD DEL PUEBLO, INC.
Brawley, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the
provision of prenatal education to Latinas in
Imperial County.
COALITION OF ORANGE COUNTY
COMMUNITY CLINICS
Santa Ana, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the
coalition’s infrastructure and sustain the
provision of primary and preventive health
services by member clinics.
COMMUNITIES FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT
Huntington Park, CA
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen and
continue statewide environmental health and
justice efforts.
COMMUNITY CLINIC ASSOCIATION OF
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Los Angeles, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the
infrastructure of the association and support
the delivery of pharmaceutical services to
member clinics.
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS, INC.
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue
advocacy efforts to improve access to
health care in Los Angeles and strengthen
organizational infrastructure.
COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP OF
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, INCORPORATED
San Jose, CA
$250,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the
partnership’s infrastructure and sustain the
provision of primary and preventive health
services by member clinics.
COMMUNITY SERVICES & EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING, INC.
Visalia, CA
$150,000 over three years
To support the community technology center
to provide technology training, leadership
development and career training to youth and
young adults in the Goshen and Cutler-Orosi
communities of Tulare County as a health
promotion strategy.
CORNERSTONE CONSULTING GROUP, INC.
Houston, TX
$50,000 over one year and six months
To provide meeting planning and logistics
support for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Initiative Technical Support Program.
COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY CLINICS
San Diego, CA
$300,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen the
network activities and support the provision of
primary and preventive health services by member
clinics in San Diego and Imperial Counties.
CULTURE TO CULTURE FOUNDATION, INC.
Alamo, CA
$100,000 over three years
For support to enhance the Chinese
American Mental Health Network for the
Asian community in the Bay Area.
DELTA HEALTH CARE AND MANAGEMENT
SERVICES CORPORATION
Stockton, CA
$150,000 over two years
For core operating support to continue to
implement the South-West Pregnancy
Prevention Program to address issues of
adolescent sexual health and teen pregnancy
prevention.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER
Santa Barbara, CA
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue the
Central Coast Environmental Health Project,
which seeks to reduce health risks associated
with pesticide use through outreach, health
education and training.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COALITION
San Diego, CA
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue and
strengthen programs aimed at alleviating
environmental health problems in San Diego’s
lowest income neighborhoods.
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
Oakland, CA
$135,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue
efforts in analyzing and publicizing data on
environmental and public health issues.
FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE
Washington, DC
$100,000 over one year
For support to continue the research and
development of effective messages that build
public support for state advocacy efforts to
increase access to health care.
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